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Asked: 2026-05-27T03:47:35+00:00

My question is about the Type of db that is on a shared hosting

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My question is about the Type of db that is on a shared hosting Linux server. phpMyAdmin shows that db has MyISAM Type. I don’t think I can change it. I mean I don’t know.
All tables in that db have InnoDB type.
Does it make sense to change db type to InnoDB? Should I? (I don’t know if I can choose a db type on a shared hosting server).
Of course I can contact a customer support and ask them to switch if they can, but I don’t know if it makes any sense and has any pros.

Should I take care of it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is the default storage engine of the server. If you do not specify a storage engine when creating a table then the server picks MyISAM as the default

    For example on my server InnoDB is the default.

    mysql> show engines\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
      Engine: InnoDB
     Support: DEFAULT
     Comment: Supports transactions, row-level locking, and foreign keys
Transactions: YES
          XA: YES
  Savepoints: YES

    Also in answer to your second question. Yes you can change the storage engine. You can do this with the ALTER TABLE command.

    ALTER TABLE mytable ENGINE=MYISAM;

    I suggest not to change storage engines unless you have a specific need for a feature in an engine.

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